[mac4theblind] Re: created a bootable installer of Mountain Lion with SuperDuper
- From: Edward Lewis Redfern <edwardredfern@xxxxxxx>
- To: "mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx the blind" <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2013 18:43:41 +0000
with me, I have upgraded the network including my server throughout to OS 10.9.
Reason for that was, after testing as a beta tester, I liked the feel of the
newer OS and Server 3 offered a few new functions, though it has some
differences. The new installer gives a bit more stability and options when
setting up. OK it takes a little getting used to but it’s worth it. Be aware
that if you’re an epson printer / scanner user, not sure if it’s the same with
HP yet but with epson still using outdated installers, etc, Epson printers /
all-in-ones don’t work with Mavericks yet.
If you’re going to do an upgrade, I’d advise a clean install of mavericks and
not an upgrade. you’ll run into stability issues otherwise and this has been
tested and noted. hence me spending time advising users on best practices.
as you’re still running mountain lion, if you’re able to use diskmaker x 3, try
creating a bootable disk for mavericks.
If you have a pen drive ready about 16gb or larger available, here’s a good tip.
1: open disk utility and select your pen drive. Tab to Partition. if your pen
drive is 16gb or more then this matters. tab to a pull down menu that says
“Current. this is the partition scheme. Change this to 2 partitions. this
creates 2 equal sized partitions. Now tab to Apply and enter on it. it will ask
you to verify you want to do so. do so. After the pen drive has been created,
you’ll have 2 8gb volumes. Now. select partition 2: untitled 2 and rename it
Mountain Lion. keep partition 1 Untitled as it is.
2: run Terminal found in Utilities.
3: paste in the following:
sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\
Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled
--applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app --nointeraction
You’ll be asked for your admin password to continue. do so and hit enter.
process continues, give it half an hour.
when it’s completed, you’ll have the message. Done.
quit terminal.
select “Untitled” if it’s shown on your desktop and rename it “Install OS X
10.9 Mavericks.
now you have 2 drives ready.
you’re now going to need your mountain lion installer file.
in the applications folder, you should have install OS X Mountain Lion, if not,
go to the app store, go to your purchases tab and download Mountain lion. this
is version 10.8.5 so is latest edition.
once downloaded, do a Show package contents by selecting Install Mountain Lion
and doing a VO Shift M. and then open the Contents folder, go to SharedSupport
and select installESD.dmg. Open it as it needs to be mounted.
now open Disk utility. Select the Partition Mountain lion in the Selected disks
window. and tab to the Restore pane.
Select the installESD.dmg file and VO Shift M. Set as source. enter on this.
navigate to your Mountain lion partition and VO Shift M, this time, set as
destination. again, enter on this.
WARNING: there is a slight hitch in disk utility where a volume can actually go
to both source and destination. check this by tabing to the source field. if
source says “Mountain Lion, you need to reselect installESD.dmg and set as
source. now check destination field and this should read Mountain Lion..
Tab to the restore button and continue. this now builds Mountain lion installer.
simple as that. OK it’s long winded but you can also use SuperDuper instead of
disk utility to do an installESD.dmg restore to mountain lion. I use both
depending on mood and speed or if over a network.
lew************
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